Wheel-cultivator



c. D. CARTER, "WHEEL OULTIVATOR.

No. 274,720. Patented Mar.'2.'7;1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE@ CHARLES D. CARTER, OF SPRING ARBOR, MICHIGAN.

WHEEL-CULTlVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,720, dated. March 27, 1883. Application filed December 8, 18 82. (No model.) i i To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES D. CARTER,

I of Spring Arbor, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheeled Cultivators; and I do hereby declare the following to y be afull, clear, and exact description of the inused, when disconnected from the axle and frame,in connection with a sin gle-horse cultivator. i

It further consists in the combination of the standard, having the bearing-wheel journaled in its lower end, having a socket formed in its upper end to receive the end of the beam, and provided with a hook upon its front side, with, the two-part coupling by which the cultivator is connected to the standard, as will be more ,fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to so construct the beams to which the cultivators are attached that they can be'fastened to the axle and the frame, so as to be usedas a two-horse cultivator, or so that the standards can be detached from the frame and used in connection with a single cultivator only.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views. v

A represents the tongue, and B the axis, which is made in a number of pieces, so that it can be lengthened or shortened for the purpose of bringing the wheels nearer together or moving'them farther apart, according to the distance between the rows. The outer parts of the axle have their ends bent downward, so as to fit'in the sockets made to receivethem in the upper ends of the standards C. These standards are forked at their lower ends, so as to receive the driving-wheels D in between them, and have the two flanges or shoulders E formed on its upper end, in between which the two parts of the coupling F are clamped. These couplings F have their vertical parts made semicircular, so as to fit around the upper parts of the standard, and are then rigidly secured thereto by means of the clamping-bolts G, which pass through the extension H. which is formed on each half of the coupling. This coupling can be turned freely back and forth upon the top of the standard, but has no vertical play whatever. To these couplings are secured the metallic plates I, which are fastened to the front ends of the beams of the cultivators, and which are pivoted upon the bolts G. These plates, being pivoted upon the bolts G, have a free vertical movement, and as the couplings F have a horizontal play it will readily be seen that the cultivator can be moved in any direction. Through the extensions on each coupling is made a second hole, J, and throughthe plates, connected to the beam, is made a corresponding hole, K. Bypassing a bolt or pin through these holes J K, the beams can be locked to the couplings F, so that the beam will have no other than a horizontal pivoted movement upon the standards. Upon the front side of the upper end of each standard is formed the extension L, which terminates in a hook, N, to which the single-tree is to be fastened when the cultivator is being used in connection with a single horse only.

While the cultivator is being used in connection with two horses, the two standards are fastened to the axle and braced in position by the diagonal braces 0. When, however, it is vators by themselves, it is only necessary to disconnect the braces 0 from the cultivator and remove the end of the axle from the top of the standard, and a single-horse cultivator is formed. While being used as a sin gle-horse cultivator, a pin or bolt is passed through the holes J K, so as to prevent the beam having a pivoted movement upon the extensions on the couplings F.

By means of the construction above described, the two standards having the coupand used as a double cultivator with two desired to use either one or both of the cultilings pivoted to them can be brought together i ICU horses; but when so desired these two standards can be separated, as above described, and

each cultivator used byitself. This construction will be found to be a great advantage to the whole farming community, for by this construction there is no necessity for buying both a single cultivator and a two-horse cultivator, for these two implements are here combined together in one.

Having thus described claim- 1. The combination of the standards adapted to be connected to the axle, and provided my invention, I

with the extensions upon their front sides, so

as to be used in connection with a single beam, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the standards, provided with the extensions upon their front CHARLES D. CARTER.

Witnesses:

D. G. PALMER, E. A. CLEMENT. 

